1932 – After the previous administration failed to deal with economic difficulties, de Varera becomes head of the government.
1937 – New election. Voters will return the Valera, abolish the Irish free state and approve a new constitution that declares Eir (Ireland for Ireland) as a sovereign, independent democratic state.
1939 – The outbreak of World War II. The country remains neutral, but many Irish citizens join the Allied forces.
1949-Independence. The Republic of Ireland leaves the Commonwealth of England.
1973-Ireland joined the European Economic Community. Violence in Northern Ireland is intensifying. Ireland and the UK are tense.
Early 1980s – Ireland faces serious economic problems with rising debt and unemployment. Three elections take place in spaces that last less than two years.
1983-An amendment to the Constitution protects the right to live in the fetus and lays the foundation for strict anti-abortion laws.
1985 – The Anglo-Irish Agreement serves as Republic Consultation in the Northern Ireland government.
1991-Ireland signs Maastricht’s Convention on the European Union and receives assurance that its anti-abortion laws will not be affected.
1992 – Irish voters approve loosening of abortion laws. Access to guaranteed information and travel abroad for abortion.
1997-Dividing divorce is legal under certain circumstances.
1998-A Good Friday contract approved by voters in the Republic and Northern Ireland established a power shearing assembly between communities in the North to end trouble.
January 2002 – The euro replaces punts as domestic currency.
2002 – The majority of voters reject any attempt by the government to strengthen the strict opposition laws already in the constitutional referendum.
2006 – The government will launch a 20-year strategy to create bilingual, Irish and English-speaking societies.
1990s – 2000s – Rapid economic growth has gained the reputation of Ireland’s “Celtic Tigers.”
2008-The global financial crisis attacks Ireland violently. The unemployment rate reached 11% in 2009, with 100,000 people protesting in Dublin over the crisis handling. In 2010, Ireland agreed to a relief between the EU and the IMF.
2011 – Queen Elizabeth pays for an official visit to Ireland. This was by the first British monarch since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and since independence.
The Vatican recalls the Irish ambassador amidst the tension over the issue of priestly child abuse.
2013 -Taoiseach Enda Kenny officially apologises for the state of Ireland’s role in Magdalene Laundry, where “fallen women” were forced into detention and worked without pay between 1922 and 1996.
Congress will pass laws that allow abortions only in limited circumstances.
2014 – President Michael Higgins will formally visit the UK for the first time by Ireland’s head of state.
The 2015-Referendum approves same-sex marriage with a large margin.
2016-UK votes to leave the European Union. The issue of trade between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is a key political issue for both London and Dublin.
2021 – The Republic of Ireland will receive 920 million euros (782 million pounds) from the European Commission Fund, designed to “mitigate the impact of Brexit.”
